TECH & INNOVATION

Turning Sewage Into Potable Water

An shocking 783 million people are living without clean water and 2.5 billion don't have adequate sanitation. Studies reveal this is the main cause for around 700,000 children death every year. Providing a septic and sewer systems needs good infrastructure, time and plenty of energy. Under the circumstances, these cannot be maintained effectively in developing countries.

The Dead Could Outnumber the Living on Facebook by 2070

The number of dead users could increase to 4.9 billion before the end of the century Academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), a section of the University of Oxford, have made a recent analysis that predicts the dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within fifty years, a drift that will have severe consequences on how we handle our digital heritage in the future.

Virtual Assistants Will Soon Take Human Form

When we queue up future virtual assistants to get advice on how we should dress for the day’s weather or which route to work will be quickest, the answers may soon look like they’re coming from a living, breathing human being thanks to advanced digital rendering techniques.

A Decoder to Turn Brain Activity Into Speech

Technology could in effect give voice back to people with conditions such as Parkinson’s For people who have lost their voice through paralysis and conditions such as throat cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson's disease, there may just be hope to regain what they've lost.

Longer Lasting Lithium Batteries Are Here

Researchers have developed a new technology to produce longer-lasting lithium batteries. In 1980, John Goodenough invented the modern lithium-ion battery.

OSCAR: The Space Janitor

Researchers are developing a cleanup CubeSat which would hunt down and de-orbit debris on the cheap using onboard nets and tethers.
308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316
Most Popular

Recommended Stories